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Grafana Labs Unveils Agentic Operations Tools at ObservabilityCON 2026
Grafana Labs releases Agent Observability and Assistant Watchers to boost AI-driven system operations.
In brief
Grafana Labs releases Agent Observability and Assistant Watchers to boost AI-driven system operations. Grafana Labs launched Agent Observability with OpenTelemetry support and Assistant Watchers to help teams monitor and control AI agents in production. Originally reported by Financial Post.
Grafana Labs Announces New Releases
Grafana Labs unveiled Agent Observability with OpenTelemetry support and Assistant Watchers at ObservabilityCON 2026.
AI for Observability Challenge
Teams face using agents to operate systems and understanding agent behavior as AI moves into production.
2026 State of Observability Report
68% of surveyed IT leaders moved AI for observability past pilots into production, but confidence varies.
Assistant Watchers (GA)
Watchers are always-on agents that detect changes not captured in predefined alert rules using plain language descriptions.
Grafana Managed Sandboxes (Preview)
Managed Sandboxes give Grafana Assistant a controlled cloud environment to develop fixes using repository code and live telemetry.
Grafana Pages (Preview)
Grafana Pages allow teams to build visualizations beyond fixed constraints, making them closer to an app than a dashboard.
Mat Ryer on AI Tools
Mat Ryer states Watchers surface emerging problems, Investigations help diagnose them, and Managed Sandboxes prepare fixes for human review.
IDC Report Findings
Customers using Grafana Cloud AI tools reduced mean time to resolution by 63% and spent 46% less on each on-call shift.
SailPoint Customer Testimonial
SailPoint uses Grafana Assistant to migrate telemetry and investigate incidents, reducing log analysis time from 15-20 minutes to five minutes.
At a glance
Grafana Labs launched Agent Observability with OpenTelemetry support and Assistant Watchers to help teams monitor and control AI agents in production.
